We are proud to announce that Dr. Willie S. Rockward of Morgan State University has been elected to the American Physical Society’s Fellows.

Dr. Rockward is being honored for his leadership, dedication, mentoring, and service to the physics community that have increased diversity and advanced inclusive practices in physics.

Dr. Rockward is a former NSBP President and NSBP Fellow.

The National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) would like to extend our condolences to the Simons family on the passing of Dr. James Simons. Dr. Simons was an honorary member of NSBP. He and the Simons foundation have been great supporters of NSBP over the years. The Simons-NSBP Scholars Program (SNSP) is a unique summer program centered around a one-of-a kind research experience for undergraduate members of NSBP. Dr. Simons' personal, professional, and financial support of NSBP will always be remembered and we are saddened to learn of his passing.

Dr. Brown is an active member of NSBP and a former student representative to the NSBP Executive Board. NSBP extends a hearty congratulations for this prestigious award. Learn more about this achievement here.

Congratulations to our own student council member Ms. Samantha O'Sullivan for being named a Rhodes Scholar. First awarded in 1902, the Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest and perhaps most prestigious international scholarship program, enabling outstanding young people from around the world to study at the University of Oxford. Ms. O'Sullivan is currently a student at Harvard University with a joint concentration in physics and African American Studies. At Oxford, she will pursue Master's degrees in the philosophy of physics and applied linguistics. 

Ms. O'Sullivan has been extremely active with NSBP and we are proud of all of her accomplishments. Learn more about this incredible achievement by clicking here or clicking here.

Congratulations to NSBP members Ms. Arlene Knowles, Dr. John Foster, and Dr. Kétévi Assamagan for being elected to the status of fellow within the American Physics Society (APS).

Other people associated with NSBP that were named APS Fellows are: Dr. Oliver Keith Baker, Dr. Mary B. James, Dr. Ibrahim Cissé, Dr. Clifford V. Johnson, Dr. Gerceida E. Adams-Jones, Dr. Monika Schleier-Smith, 

Click the image above to learn more about this award and each other APS Fellows.

Congratulations to Dr. Paul Gueye, the 2022 winner of the Edward A. Bouchet award. Dr. Gueye is a member and former president of NSBP. This award promotes the participation of underrepresented minorities in physics by identifying and recognizing a distinguished minority physicist who has made significant contributions to physics research and the advancement of underrepresented minority scientists. The program will help publicize the lecturer's work and career development to the physics community, especially among minority physics students. Learn more about this award by clicking on the image of Dr. Gueye.

Here is a link to the NASA press release: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-s-lynnae-quick-awarded-american-astronomical-society-prize-for-outstanding-achievement

Congratulations to Dr. Lynnae Quick

Prof. Mtingwa is a pioneering accelerator physicist who received the 2017 Robert R. Wilson Prize for Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators for his innovative work on the theory of intrabeam scattering and has actively promoted minority participation in the physical sciences.

Prof. Mtingwa has tirelessly worked to recruit and encourage activities of minorities in STEM topics. His outreach activities started from his student days and continued into the present while retired from his national lab and university careers. Among his many achievements promoting minorities are: founding efforts in the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP), the National Society of Hispanic Physicists, the African Laser Centre, the African Physical Society, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Ghana), the African Light Source Steering Committee. He also co-founded the Triangle Science, Education & Economic Development, a company supporting underrepresented groups in STEM. Prof. Mtingwa is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the NSBP.

Learn more about this award by clicking the link below. Congratulations once again to Dr. Mtingwa.

https://uspas.fnal.gov/about/about-mtingwa-scholarship.shtml

Dr. Baccouche was the first blind person to study physics at the College of William & Mary, graduating in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science. Her undergraduate advisor suggested that because she was blind she should she not study physics. In 1998, she earned her master's degree from Hampton University. As part of an American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Fellowship in 1999, she joined CNN in Atlanta and was appointed the special science correspondent of the Washington Bureau. In 2000, she established Aziza Productions. She received her PhD in theoretical nuclear physics from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2002. Her dissertation entitled "Phenomenology of Isoscalar Heavy Baryons" focused on heavy baryons.

After completing her PhD, Dr. Baccouche became a science correspondent for Evening Exchange with Kojo Nnamdi on Howard University Television. She was involved with numerous initiatives to increase the number of African-American women studying physics, and she worked as a science media producer. She was a frequent contributor to the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) conferences.

Born with hydrocephalus and a benign brain tumor, Dr. Baccouche endured 9 brain surgeries including intensive proton therapy treatment throughout her life and since the age of 8 years old. Nonetheless, she faced them with admirable strength, faith, resilience and perseverance.

She was an inspiration in the physics community and taught us that having a disability does not have to stop one from being a physicist.

She will be deeply missed.

Dr. Mason is a longtime member and contributor to the National Society of Black Physicists. Congratulations to our esteemed colleague on this well-deserved honor.

Dr. Peter Delfyett has received one of the highest honors in the scientific community as one of 106 inductees this year to the National Academy of Engineering. The citation for the induction says that Dr. Delfyett is being inducted "for contributions to development and commercialization of low-noise, high-power ultrafast semiconductor lasers".

Dr. Delfyett is a fellow and former president of the National Society of Black Physicists. We congratulate our esteemed colleague on his recent induction into the National Academy of Engineering.

Dr. Delfyett is Pegasus Professor and Trustee Chair Professor of Optics, EE & Physics in CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, and is currently serving as the Director of the Townes Laser Institute at the University of Central Florida. He is a Fellow of the APS, IEEE, NAI, NSBP, OSA, and SPIE.  He is also the recipient of the NSF PECASE Award, the APS Edward Bouchet Award, the 2014 Medalist from the Florida Academy of Science, and the 2018 Townsend Harris Award.  He has over 750 scientific publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings and 43 US patents. 

Congratulations Dr. Peter Delyett on this tremendous award.

Learn more about this award and its previous winners.